Tanks was recently injured

02-24-2008, 09:46 AM

Tanks was recently injured, he sustained a serious beak injury.
Tanks was taken to the emergency hospital where he was stablized.
He then went to his regular vet and xrays were taken, the pictures were placed before a raptor surgeon.
It was decided the beak could be fixed, Tanks had 3 different surgeons working on him.
Long story short, Tanks lost a part of his beak, but after being wired shut the beak has re-grown together with good blood flow restored.
The wire was removed from his Jaw last week, for the last month Rose Ann and her Tanks have been under much stress.
Tanks went from 128 grams down to 98 grams during hand feeding.
He was weighed this morning and he is back up to 126 grams.
He was kept in a aquarium for over a month, now he is back in his cage, perky as ever.

I still have to upload some pictures of Tanks while in his beak was in a cast.

02-24-2008, 10:42 AM

glad to see tanks has improved ... happy happy.....

02-24-2008, 11:25 AM

good to see he is happy and healthy again

02-24-2008, 01:08 PM

That must have been awful to go through! Im so happy he is ok!

02-24-2008, 02:11 PM

Wonderful news.

02-24-2008, 03:03 PM

Happy, happy, joy, joy, happy, happy, JOY! Good going Rose, Arty and Tanks!

02-24-2008, 03:44 PM

I'm so glad to hear he is okay!

02-24-2008, 07:28 PM

Im so sorry to hear about his injury ... and so happy he's doing better!. Wow, 3 different surgeons ... he's a special and lucky guy.

02-24-2008, 08:14 PM

He looks better than ever! What wonderful folks you two are! Your such special people.

02-24-2008, 10:28 PM

Poor Tanks!!! I always tell everyone about when I met him and I told him "aren't you cute!" and he said "Tanks!"...At the time I didn't know his name was Tanks, I thought he was saying Thanks! Makes me chuckle every time I think of it!
I am so glad he is on the mend!